Race · Round 17 of 17 · 14 October 2001

2001 Japanese Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Michael Schumacher set a new record of 53 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Ralf Schumacher
Entries: 2217 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F2001	1	53	Finished	10
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW23	2	53	Finished	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-16	7	53	Finished	4
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4-16	5	53	Finished	3
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	F2001	4	53	Finished	2
6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW23	3	53	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Jenson Button	Benetton	B201	9	53	Finished	0
8	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	EJ11	8	52	Finished	0
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C20	10	52	Finished	0
10	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	3	14	52	Finished	0
11	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	—	18	52	Finished	0
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	15	52	Finished	0
13	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	3	17	51	Finished	0
14	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	A22	PL	51	Finished	0
15	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	A22	21	51	Finished	0
16	Alex Yoong	Minardi	—	PL	50	Finished	0
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B201	6	47	Gearbox	0
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	R2	16	45	Oil leak	0
DNF	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	19	42	Brakes	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	R2	13	24	Fuel rig	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C20	12	5	Collision	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Jordan	EJ11	11	5	Collision	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	1	1	53
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	2	53
David Coulthard	7	3	53
Mika Hakkinen	5	4	53
Rubens Barrichello	4	5	53
Ralf Schumacher	3	6	53
Jenson Button	9	7	53
Jarno Trulli	8	8	52
Nick Heidfeld	10	9	52
Jacques Villeneuve	14	10	52
Fernando Alonso	18	11	52
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	15	12	52
Olivier Panis	17	13	51
Enrique Bernoldi	PL	14	51
Jos Verstappen	21	15	51
Alex Yoong	PL	16	50
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	17	47
Pedro de la Rosa	16	DNF	45
Tomáš Enge	19	DNF	42
Eddie Irvine	13	DNF	24
Kimi Raikkonen	12	DNF	5
Jean Alesi	11	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:32.484	—	—
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:33.184	+0.700	+0.700
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:33.297	+0.813	+0.113
4	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:33.323	+0.839	+0.026
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:33.662	+1.178	+0.339
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:33.830	+1.346	+0.168
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:33.916	+1.432	+0.086
8	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:34.002	+1.518	+0.086
9	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:34.375	+1.891	+0.373
10	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:34.386	+1.902	+0.011
11	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:34.420	+1.936	+0.034
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:34.581	+2.097	+0.161
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:34.851	+2.367	+0.270
14	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:35.109	+2.625	+0.258
15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:35.132	+2.648	+0.023
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:35.639	+3.155	+0.507
17	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:35.766	+3.282	+0.127
18	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:36.410	+3.926	+0.644
19	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:36.446	+3.962	+0.036
20	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:36.885	+4.401	+0.439
21	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:36.973	+4.489	+0.088
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:38.246	+5.762	+1.273

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Michael Schumacher	1	53	2	18, 36
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	53	2	21, 38
David Coulthard	3	53	2	23, 39
Mika Hakkinen	4	53	2	24, 38
Rubens Barrichello	5	53	3	15, 29, 41
Ralf Schumacher	6	53	3	23, 29, 39
Jenson Button	7	53	2	20, 38
Jarno Trulli	8	52	2	16, 33
Nick Heidfeld	9	52	2	19, 33
Jacques Villeneuve	10	52	2	19, 34
Fernando Alonso	11	52	2	21, 37
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	12	52	3	3, 22, 38
Olivier Panis	13	51	2	16, 32
Enrique Bernoldi	14	51	3	19, 21, 37
Jos Verstappen	15	51	3	17, 33, 35
Alex Yoong	16	50	2	18, 34
Giancarlo Fisichella	17	47	2	16, 35
Pedro de la Rosa	DNF	45	2	26, 41
Tomáš Enge	DNF	42	4	21, 35, 36, 41
Eddie Irvine	DNF	24	1	23
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	5	0	None recorded
Jean Alesi	DNF	5	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Michael Schumacher · Juan Pablo Montoya	1 · 2	1 · 2	18 · 21	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Ralf Schumacher	2 · 3	2 · 6	21 · 23	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · David Coulthard	2 · 7	2 · 3	21 · 23	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · David Coulthard	5 · 7	4 · 3	24 · 23	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · David Coulthard	6 · 7	17 · 3	16 · 23	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Jarno Trulli	7 · 8	3 · 8	23 · 16	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Mika Hakkinen	4 · 5	5 · 4	15 · 24	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Giancarlo Fisichella	5 · 6	4 · 17	24 · 16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello	3 · 4	6 · 5	23 · 15	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Jenson Button	3 · 9	6 · 7	23 · 20	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jenson Button	8 · 9	8 · 7	16 · 20	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Nick Heidfeld	9 · 10	7 · 9	20 · 19	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 10	8 · 9	16 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Jacques Villeneuve	10 · 14	9 · 10	19 · 19	Same lap	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Fernando Alonso	14 · 18	10 · 11	19 · 21	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	14 · 15	10 · 12	19 · 3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Fernando Alonso	15 · 18	12 · 11	3 · 21	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Fernando Alonso	17 · 18	13 · 11	16 · 21	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Olivier Panis	15 · 17	12 · 13	3 · 16	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:35.454	—	—	32
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:35.977	+0.523	+0.523	44
3	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:36.225	+0.771	+0.248	38
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:36.430	+0.976	+0.205	34
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:36.439	+0.985	+0.009	41
6	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:36.589	+1.135	+0.150	42
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:36.638	+1.184	+0.049	33
8	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:36.727	+1.273	+0.089	34
9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:36.874	+1.420	+0.147	32
10	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:36.994	+1.540	+0.120	33
11	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:37.564	+2.110	+0.570	34
12	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:37.645	+2.191	+0.081	34
13	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:37.665	+2.211	+0.020	20
14	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:38.312	+2.858	+0.647	30
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:38.315	+2.861	+0.003	31
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:38.398	+2.944	+0.083	24
17	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:38.961	+3.507	+0.563	30
18	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:39.108	+3.654	+0.147	33
19	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:39.511	+4.057	+0.403	34
20	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:39.744	+4.290	+0.233	33
21	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:39.952	+4.498	+0.208	32
22	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:41.216	+5.762	+1.264	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:33.969	—	—	31
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:34.301	+0.332	+0.332	25
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:34.562	+0.593	+0.261	19
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:34.711	+0.742	+0.149	17
5	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:34.735	+0.766	+0.024	21
6	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:34.909	+0.940	+0.174	11
7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:35.037	+1.068	+0.128	18
8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:35.043	+1.074	+0.006	15
9	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:35.222	+1.253	+0.179	16
10	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:35.457	+1.488	+0.235	26
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:35.483	+1.514	+0.026	26
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:35.672	+1.703	+0.189	15
13	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:35.719	+1.750	+0.047	13
14	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:36.051	+2.082	+0.332	26
15	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:36.060	+2.091	+0.009	27
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:36.114	+2.145	+0.054	32
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:36.144	+2.175	+0.030	25
18	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:37.246	+3.277	+1.102	28
19	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:37.429	+3.460	+0.183	27
20	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:37.514	+3.545	+0.085	23
21	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:37.805	+3.836	+0.291	22
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:38.839	+4.870	+1.034	24

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:36.231	—	—	10
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:36.685	+0.454	+0.454	12
3	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:36.966	+0.735	+0.281	12
4	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:37.140	+0.909	+0.174	14
5	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:37.361	+1.130	+0.221	12
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:37.584	+1.353	+0.223	13
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:37.813	+1.582	+0.229	13
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:37.891	+1.660	+0.078	14
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:37.942	+1.711	+0.051	12
10	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:37.970	+1.739	+0.028	13
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:38.183	+1.952	+0.213	13
12	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:38.263	+2.032	+0.080	9
13	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:38.604	+2.373	+0.341	13
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:38.641	+2.410	+0.037	15
15	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:38.740	+2.509	+0.099	16
16	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:39.091	+2.860	+0.351	11
17	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:39.182	+2.951	+0.091	9
18	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:39.295	+3.064	+0.113	12
19	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:40.324	+4.093	+1.029	13
20	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:40.482	+4.251	+0.158	14
21	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:41.104	+4.873	+0.622	11
22	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:42.142	+5.911	+1.038	12

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Ferrari F2001
Schumacher Ferrari F2001 at Laguna Seca · DonFrance-photos · CC BY 2.0

Williams FW23
Ralf Schumacher 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Jordan EJ11
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

4 more photographs

BAR 003
Jacques Villeneuve 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Prost AP04
Enge indianapolis 2001 · agentura HOCH2 · CC BY 3.0 · unchecked

Jaguar R2
Pedro de la Rosa 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 17 of 2001
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 14 Oct 2001
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.